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Originally Posted by stevegroganfan
Funny thing is the pick 6 probably increased New England's chances to win that particular playoff game especially considering the Patriots woeful receiving core during that game/season.
Given the Patriots truly terrible receiving options that day and Titans leading by 1 point...I'd rather be down 8 with at least a kickoff return left to score under the old kickoff return rules than have to go down 60 yards to kick a FG to win the game with only 15 seconds left to start the play from my own 1.
Throwing to Sanu from the 1 to the 10 yard line with just around 12 seconds left in the game when Brady threw the ball made no sense unless his purpose was simply trying to reward Sanu for playing hurt....so that Sanu could have been Brady's last completion in New England... a part of piece of trivia. Maybe some elaborate lateral play but players don't even seem positioned for that.
I'm curious since Brady played like almost a win at all costs robot over 99% of the time.
But I can't sit here and say Brady tried to throw a deflected pick 6 to setup a possible TD kickoff return and 2 point conversion since he is truly crazy good if he was good enough to throw a deflected pick and fool the Titans that he wasn't trying to just throw a pick to setup a kickoff return. Not even Brady is that good. .
If I'm Vrabel who was the Tennessee coach, I literally tell my players to not take an interception to the house.
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I agree the Titans guy should have gone down at the 2-3 yard line. Keep the ball from going back to Brady in a 8 point game. Would have been one of the all-time game management blunders by Tennessee if New England pulled off a Hail Mary on the next possession.